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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicTelecom companies

Topic: Telecom companies

Supreme Court allows Centre to recover Rs 92,000 crore from Airtel, Vodafone, other telecoms

The central govt is owed around Rs 21,600 crore in licence fee from Airtel, around Rs 19,800 crore from Vodafone while Reliance Communications owes Rs 16,400 crore.

Here’s what Modi govt must do when 5G arrives: give spectrum free to Jio, Airtel & others

Left to itself, telecom industry will take years to come up with the capital needed to exploit 5G opportunity. So, Modi government must step in.

India’s 5G shift & Digital Village plan have hit a hurdle: Telecom sector’s Rs 7.7 trillion debt

New Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the government plans to hold 5G spectrum auction in 2019, but industry players aren't ready.

Success, not failure, could be the reason why investment demand is still sluggish

Better highways mean trucks can carry bigger loads, so demand for trucks is falling. Such improved productivity must be taken into GDP consideration, but is it?

Idea-Vodafone merger to create country’s largest telecom operator

The merged entity, Vodafone Idea Ltd is all set to overtake Bharti Airtel with a subscriber base of over 40.8 crore.

How India’s politicians, bureaucrats and judges treat telecom sector as their piggy bank

Govt's attempt to profit from a possible merger between Vodafone & Idea is a conspicuous example.

On Camera

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.